Dude hasn’t released a proper game since 2010, I thought he was ready done.
Emperor of overpromising Peter Molyneux says he's done with games after Masters of Albion, which is also his 'redemption title'
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to games@lemmy.world
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Sabin10@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He is done with releasing good games, he is not done releasing trash.
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
He actually does know how to make good games, but the problems start as soon as he’s put in front of a camera.
Don’t have him going on TV and talking about the game. In fact make it a term of his employment that is not allowed to mention the game at all in any environment. Just take his phone off and basically. If he was just left alone to develop a game it would be fine. All common sense goes out the window as soon as he’s interviewed.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lol, no.
After the Godus debacle, why would anyone believe a single thing this chode says?
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean have you SEEN his latest cash grab? It doesn‘t even need his name attached to reek of failure.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Oh no. Wait. Don’t go.
simple@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Good one
He’ll be back in 3 years promising a new game to try and stay relevant
Tracaine@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Where is Black and White 3, Peter? Tell me and the curses will stop.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
B&W2 was meh. I liked the erratic nature of creature behavior in 1, even tho it meant that you had to be more involved. Not punishing your creature for bad behavior was interpreted as encouraging it, which made your buddy in a scheming, little brat and that was funny.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Is the IP still trapped in legal limbo?
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just call it ‘Gray and Dark Gray’, pick different and nails and call it a day
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
The fact that he knows that people won’t believe him is hilarious. It means he’s fully aware that he has a problem and has never taken any steps to fix it.
He wants to rejuvenate his reputation but the time to do that was about 25-30 years ago. If you make one game and you’ve over promised on it, the very next game has to be your redemption, or you go CDPR route and you fix it, you can’t do it decades later.
Thalfon@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
A redemption arc this late would’ve had to have been quietly making a great game, no big announcements in advance until it was done or nearly so and playable, and then letting it speak for itself.
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s unlikely that Masters of Albion will be his return to form.
It looks to be largely based on his previous “game”, Legacy, which was a crypto/NFT scam.
BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I watched a video of some of the “gameplay” of that, and… Wow. It is the most by the numbers mundane idle game I’ve ever seen. Inspired, how uninspired it is.
DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I loved fable 1. I loved the story telling and atmosphere.
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
It wasn’t terrible for what it was. I just remember being let down after years of listening to my best friend’s other friend telling me all of these promises he had fully subscribed to. It all sounded too good to be true, but both us and the industry itself were too young to have experienced overpromises like that. I thought maybe I just didn’t know how far technology had come, and we were about to see it fully manifest in all its glory…
But what we got was a fuck load of bloom and branching choices.
orbitz@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Yup I recall a friend telling me of all these awesome things, not what the things were anymore but articles he read of Fable, and them not being there. He has a habit of over promising features while still making a decent (sometimes awesome) and fun game but it doesn’t help when he talks up about things that aren’t in the released version.
DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah this is why I’m going to make my own game some day with unlimited features.
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Fable 1 was a game I had lots of fun with. Being Brazilian, I was more or less immune to the hype buildup around the game, so I had no clue what was promised vs. what was delivered until years later
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Fable 1 was the best one in the series.
mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Molyneaux is of course an extreme case, but I do find it remarkable how many of these “legends” of old utterly failed to replicate their success later down the line. Romero, Mitsoda, Roberts, so many more, all in the lamplight for their success in the 90s to very early 2000s, but utterly unable to live up to their reputation for near 3 decades after.
pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
Add chris roberts to that list.
regdog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He already is on that list, right after Matsuda
Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I would not. Not a single success I wouid attribute to Chris Roberts, because each of his projects was Star Citizen. A studio exec had to step in tell him to actually finish up each time, and for Freelancer he was literally kicked off the project.
Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
Are you going to lump Shigeru Miyamoto in that same bold claim?
Apeman42@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh neux.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh right. This guy. Anyway…
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Honestly, I would prefer him to cut back on the ambition and just remaster Magic Carpet I & II. IMO, those were his best games.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah, Magic Carpet rocked. I’d love a game like that with MP.
twinklefruit@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
His biggest mistake was interacting with the gaming community.
I never interact with my customers because they’re all insufferable as fuck and don’t deserve any validation for what they say.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Peter Molyneux Studios presents, a Peter Molyneux production: Peter Molyneux’s Masters of Albion, by Peter Molyneux, featuring Peter Molyneux, and special guest Peter Molyneux
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
And as the extra special guest we have Hideo Kojima™ from Kojima™ Production® presented by Hideo Kojima™ son of Kojima™ introducing the collaboration between Hideo Kojima™’s Kojima production and Peter Molyneux
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I just finished playing the first Death Stranding. If I didn’t know it was by Hideo Kojima going in, I sure as hell knew by the end of the first hour.
Incredible game, mind.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
*Metal Gear Solid 5 flashbacks*
greenbit@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
With Kojima it’s allowed